"The fact that Chevron has agreed to 'play ball' in Venezuela, while the company's peers have universally rejected the unfavorable contract terms imposed by the Chávez government, may portend difficulty there," said the memo, code-named "Invictus".
Qualitative analysis will proceed by reading interview transcripts and writing memos, coding the data, developing themes, and constructing a comprehensive narrative (52).
All types of associations with both prior and emerging theories were continuously written down in memos by the first author [ 25], who then discussed the identified memos, codes, categories, and themes with the other authors, who searched the text for second opinions.
Adding to the confusion, many of the memos use code names to refer to Venezuelan military and political officials; some of the Colombian government's accusations, including the claim that Chávez was personally involved in the decision to channel funds to the Farc, are largely based on Bogotá's interpretation of coded and seemingly ambiguous documents.
Transcripts, field notes and memos were coded using the constant-comparative method to identify key concepts until saturation was achieved and a theoretical framework emerged.
Themes, categories and memos were coded into a word document which was refined and elaborated in light of incoming data and analysis employing an inductive stance.
Employing the method of thematic analysis, 21 28 the transcripts and memos were coded to assess patterns in the information collected in order to generate set themes (based on literature) and emergent themes.
However, portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace.
Early Tuesday morning, Google fired Damore, with CEO Sundar Pichai telling employees that Damore's anti-diversity memo violated its code of conduct and "crossed the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace". .
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told employees in a note on Monday that portions of the anti-diversity memo "violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace," according to a copy of the note seen by Reuters.
Cooper's co-workers are dedicated, energetic workaholics, but like their boss, they seem to have missed the F.B.I. dress-code memo.
